A busy street was shut down for hours as police investigated a suspicious package near an Orlando mosque. The scene was cleared Tuesday evening. Summer Knowles has the latest update.

A busy street was shut down for hours as police investigated a suspicious package near an Orlando mosque. The scene was cleared Tuesday evening. Summer Knowles has the latest update.

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Updated: 10:44 PM EST Jan 5, 2016

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WEBVTT ANCHOR: THE SCENE HAS SINCE BEEN CLEARED. IT WAS ACTUALLY PEOPLE INSIDE THE MOSQUE WHO ALERTED POLICE. REPORTER: WE ARE TOLD IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE IMAM. TAKE A LOOK BEHIND ME. THIS IS WHERE THE SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE WAS DISCOVERED. RIGHT NEXT DOOR IS AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. IN ADDITION TO SHUTTING DOWN THIS ROAD AUTHORITIES EVACUATED THE RESIDENCE OF THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. WE HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY AROUND. REPORTER: WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND? A CRIME OR SOMETHING? REPORTER: A HEAVY RESCUE AND POLICE PRESENCE RAISED CONCERNS FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE AREA. HERE IS A BIRDS EYE VIEW OF THE SITUATION. AN ARSON AND BOMB SQUAD WERE CALLED OUT TO REPORT OF A SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE AT THE MOSQUE. THEY FIRST NOTICED IT WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO PRAY, WHICH IS 3:00 TO 4:00. REPORTER: FINDING A SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE NEAR A MOSQUE JUST DAYS AFTER A BUILDING WAS VANDALIZED HAS SOME PEOPLE ON EDGE. THAT HAS WITH WHAT HAPPENED IN TITUSVILLE, AND THE TERRORIST ATTACK, THERE HAVE BEEN 17 HATE CRIMES REPORTED ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THERE IS A FEAR. CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT IMMEDIATELY. WE WANT EVERYBODY TO BE BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY. REPORTER: IN THIS CASE THE PACKAGE WAS A FALSE ALARM. TO THEY FIND A HOW IT GOT THERE? NOT TOO SURE WHAT TO MAKE OF IT. ANY K'S IS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. REPORTER: IT IS THAT SENSE OF SECURITY THE CHRISTIAN NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR HOPES THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY CAN FEEL AGAIN SOON. WE HAVE TO LOVE THEM NO MATTER WHAT. MY SAVIOR LOVES EVERYBODY. REPORTER: OUT LIVE, WHAT THE MOSQUE DID EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A FALSE ALARM, IT WAS WHAT AUTHORITIES WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE YOU SHOULD DO IF YOU FIND

Suspicious package investigated near Orlando mosque

A busy street was shut down for hours as police investigated a suspicious package near an Orlando mosque. The scene was cleared Tuesday evening. Summer Knowles has the latest update.